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Astronomy Picture Of the Day (APOD)
![Столкновение с Европой](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/08/14/0001192315/europa_imp_gal_big.preview.jpg)
15.08.1997
This bull's-eye pattern marks the impact of a mountain-sized comet or asteroid on the icy surface of Jupiter's moon Europa. Recorded by the Galileo spacecraft in April of this year, the composite false color image clearly reveals the telltale concentric fractures which cover about
![Марсианские камни и вездеход](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/10/27/0001194461/mars_rr_path_big.preview.jpg)
14.08.1997
This sharp color image featuring Mars rock Yogi and the rolling Sojourner robot shows off Yogi's startling two-toned surface. Yogi appears to be leaning into the prevailing winds causing some to suggest that its color contrast may be caused by the accumulation of rust colored dust on its windward face.
![Разрешая Миру](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/08/14/0001192313/mira_hst_big.preview.jpg)
13.08.1997
Most stars appear only as points of light. Recently, Betelgeuse became the second star, after our Sun, to have it surface resolved. Now add Mira to the list. Mira A is a red giant star undergoing dramatic pulsations, causing it to become more than 100 times brighter over the course of a year.
![Шер 25: ожидающаяся сверхновая?](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/08/14/0001192312/ngc3603_wb_big.preview.jpg)
12.08.1997
No supernova has ever been predicted - yet. These dramatic stellar explosions that destroy stars, that create and disperse the elements that compose people and planets, that light up the night sky, are not so well understood that astronomers can accurately predict when a star will explode - yet. Perhaps Sher 25 will be the first.
![Метеор потока Персеид](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/08/14/0001192311/perseid3_sk_big.preview.jpg)
11.08.1997
Tonight the Perseid Meteor Shower reaches its maximum. Grains of rocky ice will streak across the sky as they evaporate during entry into Earth's atmosphere. These ice chips were shed from Comet Swift-Tuttle. The Perseids result from the annual crossing of the Earth through Comet Swift-Tuttle's orbit.
![Туманность в созвездии Стрельца](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/08/14/0001192310/sagneb_aat.preview.gif)
10.08.1997
What causes the colors in this beautiful nebulosity in Sagittarius? Dubbed NGC 6589 and NGC 6590, the colors of this nebulosity, are caused by gas and dust. The blue color of the nebula nearest the bright stars is caused by reflection off interstellar dust.
![Скопление галактик Гидра](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/08/14/0001192309/hydra_poss.preview.gif)
9.08.1997
You are flying through space and come to ... the Hydra Cluster of Galaxies. Listed as Abell 1060, the Hydra Cluster contains well over 100 bright galaxies. Clusters of galaxies are the largest gravitationally-bound objects in the universe.
![Белые овальные облака на Юпитере](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/08/14/0001192307/jupiterovals_gal_big.preview.jpg)
8.08.1997
What are those white ovals all over Jupiter? Storms! Jupiter's clouds can swirl rapidly in raised high-pressure storm systems that circle the planet. The above pictured white ovals are located near the Great Red Spot, and have persisted on Jupiter since the 1930s. The Great Red Spot has persisted for at least 300 years.
![Гало вокруг кольца Юпитера](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/08/14/0001192306/jupringhalo_gal_big.preview.jpg)
7.08.1997
Why do small particles hover around Jupiter's rings? These particles form a previously unknown ring halo, recently discovered by the robot spacecraft Galileo currently orbiting Jupiter. Galileo obtained this image when on the far side of Jupiter - from this orientation scattered sunlight makes the halo ring visible.
![Комета Хейла-Боппа из индейской пещеры](http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/08/14/0001192305/hbcove_wp_big.preview.jpg)
6.08.1997
Good cameras were able to obtain impressive photographs of Comet Hale-Bopp when at its brightest earlier this year. In the above photograph taken April 5th, Comet Hale-Bopp was imaged from the Indian Cove Campground in the Joshua Tree National Forest in California, USA.
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